The Macomb School District will likely end the 2013-14 school district with total deficit of $1.3 million.

The board of education unanimously approved the budget Monday after a brief budget hearing during which no public comments were made.

While presenting the budget during the hearing, Superintendent Patrick Twomey said $801,000 of the expected deficit will come from the education fund, which holds the bulk — $15.4 million in revenue and $16.1 million in expenditures — of the budget.

"We'll have more obligated insurance payments, and so that deficit will be slightly larger than that in reality," Twomey remarked on the education fund deficit.

Total revenues will be $21.2 million and expenditures will total $22.3 million.

Twomey said budget uncertainties at the state level, including less General State Aid, impacted the budget, as well as the uncertainty of the district's contract with the teachers union — the Macomb Education Association. The MEA's two-year contract expired at the start of the current school year and a new contract agreement has yet to be reached.

In other budget matters Monday, Twomey announced that two community forums would be held in the near future. The purpose of the forums is to inform the public about the district's current financial picture and to seek input about future budgetary decisions.

The first forum will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, at Fellheimer Auditorium, and the second will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, at Fellheimer Auditorium.